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Challenging Students to Differentiate between Election Returns and Results with a Memo and a Telegram from 1864
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Potter, Lee Ann – Social Education, 2014
On Tuesday, November 8, 1864, voters in 25 states--including Kansas, West Virginia, and Nevada for the first time--cast their ballots for president of the United States; voters in the 11 states that had seceded did not participate. Incumbent Abraham Lincoln ran as the Republican nominee (called the National Union Party in the 1864 election), and…
Descriptors: Presidents, Elections, Voting, United States History
Documents Related to the Disputed General Election of 1876. Teaching with Documents.
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Schamel, Wynell; Potter, Lee Ann; Snodgrass, Katherine – Social Education, 2000
Provides background information on the election of 1876 between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden and how it was disputed over electoral votes. Includes copies of the electoral ballot from Louisiana that was rejected and a letter from William Kellogg, the Republican governor of Louisiana. (CMK)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elections, History Instruction, Political Candidates